Soldering-iron.



P. MUNEY.

SOLDERING RON APPLICATION F|LED APR.20.1914.

Patented oct. 5, 1915.

PETER MONEY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SOLDERINGr-IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5K, 1915.

Applicationr filed April 20, 1914. Serial No. 833,291.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER MUNnY, a citizen of the United States, andresident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Soldering- Irons, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in a soldering iron, and has foryits object, to provide a soldering iron with a removable tip, so thatdifferent kinds of work may be done without having a number of irons inthe fire.

A further object is to provide a soldering iron, which is heated by gasor some similar Y heating fluid, thereby' obviating the use of a furnacein heating the iron, and also the ne-y cessity of changing irons,l dueto the cooling of the same while in use.

A further object is to provide a soldering iron so that severaldifferentsized tips, according to the work to be done, may` be carriedin a small package, doing away with the necessity of carrying a lot ofclumsy handles around.

Figure l is a perspective View of the device embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a side View of the 'same with portions broken away and insection, and also showing the fuel connection means. Fig. 3 is an endview of the combined burner and soldering tip socket. Fig. 4 is asectional view of the same, takenL on the line 1 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 isan enlarged fragmental view showing the formation of the socket and ofthefsoldering tip. e

In the construction of my device,y I provide a tube 6, one end of whichis screwthreaded into the burner, and tip socket 7 near the other end ofthe tube 6 I place the handle 8; over the extremity 9 of the tubev 6 isplaced a hose or other flexible connection 10, which in turn isattached, to any suitable source of fuel supply; the tip socket 7 issupplied with a screw-threaded bore 11, and a tapered rectangular bore12. Along two sides of the tapered rectangular bore 12 are n formed jetopenings 13.

Uopies of this patent may be obtained for 13; this causes the flame tobe directedy against two sides of the soldering tip, and 1n a Very shorttime the tip is heated suiiciently for use; the fuel supply is thenturned down, only suiicient fuel being used to supply the heat, which isnaturally lost by radiation, thus the one iron may be used continuouslywithout having recourse to two or three irons in a furnace to take placeof the one being used, as soon as it has cooled off.

A device of this kind is especially useful in a tin ware factorywhere'there is a great deal ofsoldering being done, infact someemployees there doing nothing but solderingfrom morning until night, andit furthermore has the advantage of doing away with the intense heat andobnoxious fumes which are found to be generated when a gas or charcoalfurnace is used for heating the iron, besides doing away with the dangerof over-heating the iron.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is:

A soldering iron comprising a tube, a handle located near one end ofvsaid tube, a rectangular burner located on the other end of the tube, atapered rectangular recess formed in the end of the burner and forming asocket therein, a soldering tip having a tapered rectangular shankseated in the recess and a plurality of openings formed in the sides ofthe recess of the burner, sub# stantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I have signed m name to this specification, inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER MUNEY. Witnesses:

ALFRED A. Ercns, WALTER C. STEIN.

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